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Personal data Billy Lester Drake 

  • He was born on July 16, 1899 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: B.C.T.
  • He died on March 17, 1965 in hosp., Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, he was 65 years old.
  • He is buried on March 20, 1965 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on January 14, 2018.

Household of Billy Lester Drake

He is married to Esther M. Bond.

They got married on June 30, 1922 at fortasse, somewhere in IA, he was 22 years old.

Billy Lester Drake oo Esther Bond

Marriage source: Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. 73, # 47, 25 March 1965, Pg. 1, Col. 4

[Col. 4]

"Funeral Services Held Saturday for Lester Drake, 65 ... Lester was married to Esther Bond on June 30, 1922. ... ... He leaves to mourn his wife seven children, 13 grandchildren one sister, Mrs. V. D. Cummins of Fairmont, Minnesota and many other relatives and a host friends. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Elsie Loreen Drake  1934-2019 


Notes about Billy Lester Drake

Billy Lester Drake

Source: Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, 65th Year, # 38, 23 Jan 1958, Pg. 4, Col. 2

[Col. 2]

"Elsie Drake, Billy N. Smith Exchange Wedding Vows

The First Congregational church in Buffalo Center was the scene of the wedding of Miss Elsie Loreen Drake and Billy M. Smith on Saturday evening, January 11, 1958. Mrs. Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Drake and Mr. Smith isthe son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, all of Buffalo Center. ..."

Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. 73, # 47, 25 March 1965, Pg. 1, Col. 4

[Col. 4]

"Funeral Services Held Saturday for Lester Drake, 65

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Congregational Church for Lester Drake, 65, with the Rev. Avery Wetzig conducting the services. The Winter Funeral Service of Buffalo Center was in charge of arrangementsand interment was in the Olena Mound cemetery at Buffalo Center.

Pallbearers were the three sons and three sons-in-law, Howard Drake, Kendall Drake, Leslie Drake, Robert Briscoe, Billy Smith and John Breevaart.

Billy Lester Drake was born to Benjamin Drake and Jennet Mclintosh July 16, 1899 at Buffalo Center, Iowa. He passed away at the Buffalo Center Hospital, after several months illness, on March 17, 1965 at the age of 65 years, 8 months andone day.

Lester was married to Esther Bond on June 30, 1922. To this union were born four sons: Charles, deceased in 1948, Howard of Elmore, Minnesota, Kendall of Bemidji, Minnesota and Leslie of Ames; and four daughters, Margaret, (Mrs. RobertBriscoe) of Fort Worth, Texas; Leona, (Mrs. John Breevaart) of Estherville; Murial, (Mrs. Roger Anderson) of Nigeria, Africa; and Elsie, (Mrs. Billy Smith) of Buffalo Center.

Mr. Drake lived all of his life in and near Buffalo Center. He farmed south of town until 1939 At that time he moved into town where he was employed for several years by Jensvold's, Inc. Since about 1947 he did carpenter work in andaround Buffalo Center.

He was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Buffalo Center. He received Jesus Christ as his own personal Saviour at a revival service in the church in 1917. He sang in the choir, served as Sunday School superintendentfor a time and just before his illness was janitor for the church.

He leaves to mourn his wife seven children, 13 grandchildren one sister, Mrs. V. D. Cummins of Fairmont, Minnesota and many other relatives and a host friends.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Billy Lester Drake

Billy Lester Drake
1899-1965

1922

Esther M. Bond
1903-1996

Elsie Loreen Drake
1934-2019

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Birthday July 16, 1899

  • The temperature on July 16, 1899 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
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    • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
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    • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Day of marriage June 30, 1922

  • The temperature on June 30, 1922 was between 7.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 8 » United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.
    • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
    • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
    • November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
    • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
    • December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

Day of death March 17, 1965

  • The temperature on March 17, 1965 was between 4.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
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    • September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
    • December 4 » Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
    • December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

Day of burial March 20, 1965

  • The temperature on March 20, 1965 was between -1 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
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    • May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
    • August 5 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
    • August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
    • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
    • September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.


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